| 100% | MSU | 3 | The Spartans of the Big 10 (abbr.) |
| 79% | MSU | 3 | The Spartans of the Big Ten (Abbr.) |
| 69% | MSU | 3 | The Spartans of the Big Ten, in brief |
| 68% | URI | 3 | The Rams of the Atlantic 10: Abbr. |
| 68% | ISU | 3 | The Cyclones of the Big 12: Abbr. |
| 68% | UCLA | 4 | The Bruins of the Big Ten: Abbr. |
| 68% | MSU | 3 | Spartans of the Big Ten Conf. |
| 66% | UCLA | 4 | Bruins of the Big 10 |
| 61% | UCLA | 4 | The Bruins of the Big Ten (and no longer of the Pac-12): Abbr. |
| 61% | RTS | 3 | Subjects of the first 10 Constitutional amendments: Abbr. |
| 61% | OSU | 3 | Home of the Big Ten's Buckeyes: Abbr. |
| 61% | CNN | 3 | One of the biggest American news channels: Abbr. |
| 59% | KSU | 3 | The Wildcats of the Big 12 Conference (Abbr.) |
| 58% | WMD | 3 | Big bombs that were a focus of the Iraq War: Abbr. |
| 57% | ASU | 3 | The Sun Devils of the Big 12 (Abbr.) |
| 57% | SUPERBOWLMVP | 12 | Award for the star of the NFL's biggest game: 3 wds., abbr. |
| 57% | PTS | 3 | The letter Q is worth 10 of them in Scrabble: Abbr. |
| 56% | MSU | 3 | Home of the N.C.A.A. Spartans: Abbr. |
| 56% | USA | 3 | Country giving the biggest percentage of UN funding: Abbr. |
| 55% | NYU | 3 | Big Apple school attended by many of the characters in "Gossip Girl": Abbr. |
| 55% | TCU | 3 | The Horned Frogs of the Big 12 Conference (Abbr.) |
| 54% | BSO | 3 | One of the "Big Five" orchestras: Abbr. |
| 54% | MSU | 3 | The Spartans of the NCAA |
| 54% | URI | 3 | The Rams of the NCAA's Atlantic 10 Conference (Abbr.) |
| 54% | GMC | 3 | Makers of big SUVs, such as the Yukon XL: Abbr. |
| 54% | ISU | 3 | Home of the Big 12's Cyclones (Abbr.) |
| 53% | PITT | 4 | The Panthers of the Big East |
| 53% | IOWA | 4 | The Hawkeyes of the Big Ten |
| 53% | KANSAS | 6 | The Jayhawks of the Big 12 |
| 53% | IOWASTATE | 9 | The Cyclones of the Big 12 |